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Field & Stream's conservation coverage celebrates the people, organizations, and traditions dedicated to protecting wildlife, conserving habitat, and preserving the future of hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation. Through in-depth reporting, expert perspectives, and compelling storytelling, we explore the challenges and successes shaping conservation across North America.

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Trump Administration to Defend Protections for Alaska’s Famed Bristol Bay

By Travis Hall— July 18, 2025

The United States Justice Department is standing behind federal rulings that blocked a massive, open-pit mine in the headwaters of the world’s biggest remaining salmon run

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Colorado Reconsiders Wolf-Release Protocol After Several Transplanted Wolves Die

By Sage Marshall— July 16, 2025

Colorado’s ranching community is calling for a full pause on the wolf release program as attacks on livestock continue

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Fishing Guides Are Fighting a Massive Rock Mine Proposed for the Florida Everglades

By Travis Hall— July 11, 2025

The sugar cane industry is trying to fast-track an open-pit mine that could devastate habitat-restoration efforts south of Lake Okeechobee

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Early Algal Blooms Choke Prized Trout Streams in Southwest Montana

By Katie Hill— July 9, 2025

Summer time algae blooms are showing up in some of Montana’s best rivers much earlier than expected

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Conservationists Purchase $60 Million Property to Save Okefenokee Swamp from Strip Mine

By Sage Marshall— July 3, 2025

Opponents of a proposed strip mine next to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge say the project would have drained the famous wetlands, damaging sport fish and big game habitat

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Budget Bill Still Mandates Drilling in Pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Travis Hall— July 2, 2025

A provision in the federal budget includes mandatory oil and gas drilling projects for up to 1.6 million acres of public hunting and fishing grounds in Alaska

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Trump Administration Moves to Revoke Roadless Rule Protections on Millions of Acres of Public Land

By Katie Hill— July 1, 2025

Large swaths of protected National Forest lands prized for hunting and fishing could soon be open to road building and other development activities

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Mike Lee’s Land Grab Dies in the Senate

By Travis Hall— June 29, 2025

The Utah senator’s wildly unpopular proposal would have forced the sale of up to 1.2 million acres of public land in 11 western states

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Mike Lee’s Revised Land Grab Still Mandates the Sale of Up to 1.2 Million Acres of Public Land 

By Travis Hall— June 26, 2025

After telling outraged hunters that he was listening to their concerns, the Utah senator is doubling down on plans to sell off a large amount of federally managed public land in the West

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10 Ways You Can Help Kill Mike Lee’s Land Grab

By Travis Hall— June 25, 2025

Utah Senator Mike Lee has introduced an amended version of his public-land sell-off plan. But it still mandates the sale more than 1 million acres of public land—Here’s what you can do about it

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